Former Formula One champion John Surtees paid tribute Monday to his teenage son, who died in a race crash over the weekend. Henry Surtees was struck by a tire from another car, causing him to lose consciousness and drive into a barrier in an F2 race at Brands Hatch on Sunday.

The Champ Car World Series will return to Europe for the first time in five years with races this season in the Netherlands and Belgium. The series, which last raced in Europe in 2003, added races Sept. 2 at the TT circuit in Assen, Netherlands, and Sept. 9 at the Zolder circuit in Belgium. It will be the first time Champ Car has raced in either of those countries.

A1 Grand Prix, a new open-wheel series, makes its debut this weekend, offering several twists for racing fans accustomed to the established ways of Formula One. Each of the 25 teams and drivers will represent a country. There will be two races instead of one in the 12-event schedule.

While Katherine Legge was preparing to drive in her first race this season in Long Beach, a couple of young girls stopped to wish her good luck. They made her charm bracelets and asked for her autograph.

Katherine Legge showed Sunday that her victory in April at Long Beach in her Toyota Atlantic debut was no fluke, racing to a win on the new road course at City Center Airport, near downtown Edmonton. It is only the second major open-wheel win for a woman since Desire Wilson won an Aurora Formula One race in 1980.

A handful of women have tried to make it in auto racing. They have captured poles and entered big races, including the Indianapolis 500, but never been able to make the big breakthrough win a race in a major series outside of drag racing.